Rules of Judicial Administration - FL Courts

1 January 24, 2018 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Page 1 of 193 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Table of Contents CITATIONS TO OPINIONS ADOPTING OR AMENDING Rules ORIGINAL ADOPTION, effective 7-1-78: 360 1076.. 4 PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS .. 7 RULE SCOPE AND PURPOSE .. 7 RULE DEFINITIONS .. 7 RULE PRIORITY OF FLORIDA Rules OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE .. 7 RULE AMENDING Rules OF court .. 8 PART II. STATE court Administration ..16 RULE THE SUPREME court ..16 RULE DISTRICT Courts OF APPEAL ..23 RULE TRIAL court Administration ..27 RULE CONFERENCES OF JUDGES.

2 35 RULE Judicial MANAGEMENT COUNCIL ..39 RULE TRIAL court BUDGET COMMISSION ..41 RULE DISTRICT court OF APPEAL BUDGET COMMISSION ..44 RULE FLORIDA Courts TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION ..47 RULE DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR ADDITIONAL JUDGES ..54 RULE DETERMINATION OF THE NECESSITY TO INCREASE, DECREASE, OR REDEFINE Judicial CIRCUITS AND APPELLATE DISTRICTS ..60 RULE Judicial COMPENSATION ..67 RULE CASE REPORTING SYSTEM FOR TRIAL Courts ..68 RULE TIME STANDARDS FOR TRIAL AND APPELLATE Courts AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ..68 RULE STATEWIDE GRAND JURY ..70 RULE JUROR TIME MANAGEMENT.

3 71 RULE CHANGE OF RULE MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS ..74 PART III. Judicial OFFICERS ..75 January 24, 2018 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Page 2 of 193 RULE Judicial DISCIPLINE, REMOVAL, RETIREMENT, AND SUSPENSION ..75 RULE CONTINUING Judicial EDUCATION ..76 RULE DISQUALIFICATION OF TRIAL JUDGES ..77 RULE Judicial ATTIRE ..79 PART IV. Judicial PROCEEDINGS AND RECORDS ..79 RULE POSSESSION OF court RECORDS ..79 RULE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND PROTECTION OF Judicial BRANCH RECORDS ..80 APPENDIX TO RULE ..101 RULE MINIMIZATION OF THE FILING OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION.

4 103 RULE RETENTION OF court RECORDS ..106 RULE RETENTION OF Judicial BRANCH ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS ..110 RULE TECHNOLOGICAL COVERAGE OF Judicial PROCEEDINGS ..111 RULE USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES ..114 PART V. PRACTICE OF LAW ..116 A. ATTORNEYS ..116 RULE ATTORNEYS ..116 RULE FOREIGN ATTORNEYS ..118 B. PRACTICE AND LITIGATION PROCEDURES ..125 RULE COMPUTING AND EXTENDING TIME ..125 RULE SIGNATURE AND CERTIFICATES OF ATTORNEYS AND PARTIES ..127 RULE SERVICE OF PLEADINGS AND DOCUMENTS ..128 RULE DOCUMENTS ..133 RULE ELECTRONIC FILING ..135 RULE ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY.

5 140 RULE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT ..140 RULE court REPORTING ..141 RULE REQUESTS FOR ACCOMMODATIONS BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ..147 January 24, 2018 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Page 3 of 193 RULE CASE MANAGEMENT ..149 RULE CALENDAR CONFLICTS ..152 RULE INITIATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS ..154 RULE APPOINTMENT OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE court INTERPRETERS FOR NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING AND LIMITED-ENGLISH-PROFICIENT PERSONS ..154 RULE RETENTION OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE court INTERPRETERS FOR NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING AND LIMITED-ENGLISH-PROFICIENT PERSONS BY ATTORNEYS OR SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS 157 Judicial BRANCH RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS.

6 160 January 24, 2018 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Page 4 of 193 CITATIONS TO OPINIONS ADOPTING OR AMENDING Rules ORIGINAL ADOPTION, effective 7-1-78: 360 1076. OTHER OPINIONS: Effective 1-1-79: 364 466. Amended (f). Effective 7-1-79: 372 449. Amended Effective 2-21-80: 380 1027. Amended (b). Effective 1-1-81: 389 202. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended (e), Effective 1-1-81: 391 214. Amended (b)(3), (c). Effective 1-1-82: 403 926. Added Effective 12-1-83: 442 198. Added Effective 2-23-84: 446 87. Amended Effective 1-1-85: 458 1110.

7 Four-year-cycle revision. Amended (b)(2); added (b)(5); renumbered (b)(6). Effective 1-1-85: 462 444. Added Effective 3-1-85: 465 1217. Added Effective 7-1-86: 493 423. Added Effective 2-1-87: 500 524. Amended (a)(2), (c). Effective 7-1-87: 507 1390. Amended (d), (e). Effective 7-1-87: 509 276. Amended (f). Effective 1-1-88: 518 258. Added Effective 1-1-89: 532 667. See revised opinion at 536 195. Effective 1-1-89: 536 195. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended (c), (d), (h) (j), (h), (a), (c). Effective 6-1-89: 543 1244. Added (b)(1)(I), (b)(1)(J).

8 Effective 11-9-89: 552 194. Added (b)(1)(K). Effective 1-11-90: 555 848. Added (b)(1)(L). Effective 1-18-90: 550 457. Added Effective 6-15-90: 560 786. Added (a)(3)(D). Effective 10-22-92: 607 396. Amended (b)(3). Effective 10-29-92: 608 472. Added Effective 1-1-93: 609 465. Four-year-cycle revision. Substantively amended (b)(5), , , , , ; added , Effective 12-23-93: 634 604. Amended (b). Effective 2-9-95: 650 30. Amended Effective 2-23-95: 650 38. Amended Effective 3-23-95: 651 1185. Amended Effective 3-30-95: 652 811. Amended Effective 5-9-95: 654 917.

9 Amended (d)(2). Effective 6-15-95: 656 926. Amended Effective 1-1-96: 661 806. Amended (b). Effective 1-1-96: 665 218. Amended Effective 4-11-96: 672 523. Amended (b)(4), (b)(7); added (h). Effective 6-27-96: 675 1376. Added Effective 8-29-96: 678 1285. Added court commentary to Effective 1-1-97: 681 698. Added (f), renumbered (f) (l); amended , Effective 1-1-97: 682 89. Four-year-cycle revision. Added (a)(2)(B)(iv), , , , ; amended (c), (e)(1)(F), (e)(3), (h), (c), (for style); deleted (e). Effective 2-7-97: 688 320. Added (b)(10). Effective 7-17-97: 697 144.

10 Partially suspended application of (c) until January 1, 1999. January 24, 2018 Florida Rules of Judicial Administration Page 5 of 193 Effective 1-1-98: 701 1164. Amended (f), (c). Effective 11-20-97: 701 864. Amended (b)(10). Effective 1-1-99: 711 29. Amended (c), added a new (d), and redesignated former (d) as (e). Effective 2-1-99: 746 1073. Amended (c)(7). Effective 5-25-00: 766 999. Added (f). Effective 7-14-00: 772 532. Added (i). Effective 12-1-00: 774 625. Added Effective 1-1-01: 780 819. Four-year-cycle revision. Amended , (b)(1)(A), , , (d), (a), (c), (e) (g); added , (c).